Report: ESPN deal would create $18M in media rights for Mountain West

The Mountain West Conference and ESPN are working on a seven-year media-rights deal that would televise as many as 22 football games and 25 basketball games annually, according to several published reports.

ESPN's Brett McMurphy was the first to report it.

The contract would be in addition to the current deal the conference has with CBS Sports Network, and McMurphy reported the combined media rights would be worth $18 million annually to the MWC.